Bill Text: TX HB731 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB731 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB731-Introduced.html

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89R1915 LRM-D
By: Walle H.B. No. 731

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity Review Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 34.005. DUTIES OF REVIEW COMMITTEE. The review
committee shall:
(1) study and review:
(A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths;
(B) trends, rates, or disparities in
pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity;
(C) health conditions and factors that
disproportionately affect the most at-risk population as
determined in the joint biennial report required under Section
34.015; and
(D) best practices and programs operating in
other states that have reduced rates of pregnancy-related deaths;
(2) compare rates of pregnancy-related deaths based on
the socioeconomic status of the mother;
(3) determine the feasibility of the review committee
studying cases of severe maternal morbidity; [and]
(4) in consultation with the Perinatal Advisory
Council, make recommendations to help reduce the incidence of
pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in this
state; and
(5) participate in and use the Maternal Mortality
Review Information Application (MMRIA) data system administered by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to facilitate the
review committee's functions and duties under this chapter,
including the processing and analysis of health care data related
to cases of maternal mortality and morbidity in this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.